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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. aboard, adv. and prep. View full entry a1393
...Alongside, on one side (of a ship or a shore). Freq. modified by hard, close. See also board on boardboard12d....
3. accommodation, n. View full entry 1566
...Adaptation; the process of being adapted....
4. adhesion, n. View full entry a1500
...Steadfast commitment to a person or thing; loyalty, allegiance; fidelity, devotion. Also: an instance of this. Cf. adherence1....
5. advanced, adj. View full entry c1460
...Promoted to an ecclesiastical living. Cf. advance2a. Obs....
6. aero-, comb. form View full entry 1865
...With reference to air or the air....
7. air brake, n. View full entry 1857
...A brake operated by the pressure of compressed air....
8. alarm, int., n., and adv. View full entry c1400
...Used as a call to arms or warning of imminent danger, esp. of being attacked. Now literary (chiefly arch. and hist.)....
9. albergo diurno, n. View full entry 1913
...In Italy: an establishment, incorporating bathrooms and restrooms and frequently providing the services of a barber, shoeshiner, etc., typically situated at a railway station for the daytime refreshment of travellers....
10. all clear, int. and n. View full entry 1826
...orig. Naut. Used to indicate that there is no danger or obstruction, and that it is safe to proceed....
11. Amtrak, n. View full entry 1971
...A proprietary name for a Government-controlled railway service in the U.S., also called the National Railroad Passenger Corporation....
12. articulated, adj. View full entry 1571
...Composed of segments that are linked or united by joints; (of skeletal remains) still attached at the joints, or reassembled from individual bones. Also: having prominent or apparent joints. Cf. articulate...
13. A.S.L.E.F. | ASLEF | Aslef, n. View full entry 1914
...The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, a British trade union; nowadays, the trade union to which train drivers belong....
14. aspect, n. View full entry 1393
...The action of looking at anything; beholding, contemplation; gaze, view. Obs....
15. assign, v. View full entry 1297
...trans. To allot as a share, portion, or allowance (to); to appoint, apportion, make over....
16. automatic, adj. and n. View full entry 1599
...Of action, etc.: self-generated, spontaneous; (of a thing) self-acting; having the power of motion within itself. In later use (Physiol.): having intrinsic activity that is not dependent upon external stimuli...
17. auto-train, n. View full entry 1902
...Railways....
18. axle, n.2 View full entry 1405
...The centre-pin or spindle upon which a wheel revolves, or which revolves along with it....
19. B, n. View full entry c1000
...The second letter of the Roman alphabet, ancient and modern, corresponding, in position and power, to the Greek Beta, and Phœnician and Hebrew Beth, whence also its form...
20. back, v. View full entry 1362
...To cover the back, clothe. Obs....
